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NPR's Brian Naylor reports on prospects for funding the federal government beyond next week. Congress is considering two approaches: funding it all but for only a short time, such as a month, or funding only certain parts of the federal government, forcing further discussion on the rest.

Robert previews other pieces coming up this week, marking the Persian Gulf and its legacy.

In Minneapolis, two businessmen are trying to raise money to start a new internet company. They plan to serve corporate clients, but they also want to provide jobs to people who live in their neighborhood, an area known for prostitution and drug-dealing. John Biewen of Minnesota Public Radio reports that the company initially attracted many investors -- until they found out where the company is located.

in Chechnya.

NPR's Cheryl Corley reports on the impending end a federal program that was started in the late-1960s to provide subsidized housing for the poor in middle class white neighborhoods. The program grew out of a 1966 discrimination lawsuit against the Chicago Housing Authority and the federal Deparatment of Housing and Urban Development. Advocates are lobbying Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros to continue the subsidies.

for the withdrawal of warring factions in Bosnia. By midnight tonight, all opposing forces are scheduled to be fully withdrawn from a 70-mile "zone of separation." The commander of NATO forces in Bosnia says he believes the parties will meet the deadline.

STEVE BUSALACCHI OF WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ROUNDS UP THE SNOW, FLOODING AND EXTREME COLD THAT HAS STRUCK VARIOUS PARTS OF THE NATION AS THE WINTER OF '96 ADDS ANOTHER DRAMATIC CHAPTER.

We remember Marc Gregoire (GREG-whar), inventor of the non-stick frying pan that goes by the brand name T-Fall.

Linda and Robert talk to a variety of people about their week in the snow. A Philadelphia firefigher-Ken Pogorueck (puh-GORE-ik)... a Baltimore police lieutenant- Dawn Jessa... A Baltimore Priest- Father Lawrence Waudby (WAD-bee), Frasier Bresnahan (BREZ-na-han), with the Coalititon for the Homeless.. delivering hot meals to people in the streets of New York, a Newark Emergency Room Physician: Dr. Michael Jaker (JAKE-er) and Alissa (ah-LEESSA) Talisman a mom in Bethesda, Maryland, and Jim McCaffrey a grocer in Yardley, PA. We hear about cops being called to negotiate parking places, firemen delivering babies, moms stuck in the house with five kids, a priest with an empty chapel and so on.

Commentator Elissa ELy describes a delusional man who was hospitalized for years and eventually took to his bed. But, he came to life when he was elected an honorary officer by the hospital security guards.